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Funkmaster Flex

American DJ

PersonAge 59humanQ1269271

Born: August 5, 1967
, August 5, 1968
Birthplace: The Bronx
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: disc jockey
, radio personality
, rapper
+1 more

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Aston George Taylor Jr., professionally known as Funkmaster "Funk" Flex, is an American DJ, rapper, record producer, and host on New York City's Hot 97 radio station. In 1992, he became host of the first hip hop radio show on Hot 97 in New York, which was a dance radio station at the time.

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65 statements · 35% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Discography: Funkmaster Flex discography
Website: funkmasterflex.com
Given name: Aston
Instrument: sampler
voice
Genre: hip-hop
Label: Loud Records
MNRK Music Group
Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-07-13
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Start of work period: 1987
Pseudonym: Funkmaster Flex
Social media followers: 255,000(April 27, 2025) youtube channel id: UCXNRIMKkkYxYrfSVuII6PQA
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1.Stated in YouTube APIRetrieved 2025-04-27
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803,383(February 4, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 16461545
244,000(March 30, 2024) youtube channel id: UCXNRIMKkkYxYrfSVuII6PQA
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1.Stated in YouTube APIRetrieved 2024-03-30
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230,000(March 22, 2023) youtube channel id: UCXNRIMKkkYxYrfSVuII6PQA
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1.Stated in YouTube APIRetrieved 2023-03-22
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215,000(March 17, 2022) youtube channel id: UCXNRIMKkkYxYrfSVuII6PQA
802,911(February 28, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 16461545
187,000(July 2, 2021) youtube channel id: UCXNRIMKkkYxYrfSVuII6PQA
815,835(January 2, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 16461545

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